Following a shortlist of three local charities and nearly 1,000 votes from local residents, Tom Brake, MP for Carshalton and Wallington, is delighted to announce that he will fundraise for the Sutton Mental Health Foundation Hopeline for the next 12 months.

Tom Brake MP has backed calls for a new scheme to help thousands of families regain control of their finances as data from the Bank of England shows unsecured household debt rising at its fastest rate since the financial crisis.

The Liberal Democrats have hit back at the head of Theresa May's Policy Unit George Freeman who has said that disability benefits should only go to “really disabled people” rather than those who are “taking pills at home, who suffer from anxiety.”

Following complaints made against ATOS Healthcare about their assessments for Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Tom Brake, MP for Carshalton and Wallington, held a meeting with senior officials from ATOS to discuss assessor training.

On 22nd February, Tom Brake, MP for Carshalton and Wallington, presented certificates at The Phoenix Centre in Wallington to delegates who had successfully completed the Christians Against Poverty money management course.

Following disparaging remarks by Chris Grayling MP, Secretary of State for Transport that ‘‘cyclists are not road users’’, Tom Brake MP and Mark Hancock, a local cyclist involved in a recent bike accident, have invited him on an educational bike ride.

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